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categorize

[kat-i-guh-rahyz] / ˈkæt ɪ gəˌraɪz /


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Central bank watchers like to categorize board members as hawks or doves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The film’s title translates to “national treasure,” another clichéd term thrown around when trying to categorize greatness.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

This administration is not the first to use AI; federal agencies have been gradually stitching the technology into their work for years, including to translate documents, analyze data and categorize public comments, among other uses.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

AI has enhanced the process by being able to recognize different types of documents and fonts, and by learning how to classify or categorize the data so it can enter it into a tax return.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Many natives, seeking to categorize the newcomers, were open to the possibility that they might belong to the realm of the supernatural.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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